Real Estate

We advise on all areas of real estate. Our team has comprehensive know-how in all relevant areas and includes experts in real estate and construction laws as well as banking, corporate and tax specialists.

We draft and negotiate all agreements in connection with the commercialisation of real estate property, such as commercial lease agreements, general leases and management agreements.

Our team advises on any type of real estate acquisition of any complexity, such as major industrial properties, real estate development projects or real estate portfolios.

Our speciality is providing a high-level one-stop service for all legal issues for projects, which comprises not only real estate purchase and private and public construction law, but also project finance and structuring of complex joint ventures - we will draft any agreement necessary in this connection.

We also provide ongoing advice on all matters arising from the occupation, usage and management of real estate such as:

disputes with tenants/landlords

execution of construction works

correspondence with public authorities.

Our clients include leading project developers, investors and operators.

We advise on project and property finance which often involves very significant investments. This includes financing of the acquisition of large industrial and commercial real estate as well as large real estate portfolios or the development of major real estate projects.

We deal with all typical forms of debt finance as well as complex project finance, private equity finance and sale-and-lease-back-transactions. Furthermore, we structure and draft real estate investment funds on both a domestic and cross-border level.

Clients of our real estate finance practice include a number of reputable international banks and major real estate developers, investors and fund managers.

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